Paul Pierre Bontemps (16 November 1902 – 25 April 1981) was a French runner. He competed at the

1924 Paris Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIIe olympiade) and also known as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The op ...

in the 3,000 m

steeplechase Steeplechase may refer to: * Steeplechase (horse racing), a type of horse race in which participants are required to jump over obstacles * Steeplechase (athletics), an event in athletics that derives its name from the steeplechase in horse racing ...

and in the flat 3,000 m team event, and finished in third and fourth place, respectively. He set an unofficial world record in the steeplechase a few weeks before the Games.

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1902 births 1981 deaths French male long-distance runners Olympic bronze medalists for France Athletes (track and field) at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of France Athletes from Paris French male steeplechase runners French male middle-distance runners Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) 20th-century French people {{France-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub